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Feb 21, 2012 | No Comments | ByBirds Eye View
Tanya Auclair and Aristazabal Hawkes are playing not once but twice at our Sound and Silents: Mary Pickford Revived event this March. Aristazabal is helping Tanya out with her score of Mary Pickford melodrama The Female of the Species at the Southbank Centre on March 9th and Tanya is returning the favour, assisting Aristazabal’s score of feature length silent classic Sparrows at the Hackney Picturehouse on March 11th.
We spoke to the ladies about their adventures in cinematic scores and their dream soundtracks. Read the full story
Mar 24, 2011 | No Comments | ByBen
Celia Imrie leads the cast of Saint Joan
One of the many highlights of this year’s Festival programme was She Writes: a celebratory performed reading of one of Grace Banks and Kate Bingham’s screenplay Saint Joan, co-presented with The Script Factory and BAFTA, and written and developed during last year’s She Writes lab. The performance was introduced by a keynote speech from Birds Eye View Chair and celebrated producer (including, most recently, of Made in Dagenham) Elizabeth Karlsen, examining the current prognosis of British female screenwriters, and asking whether the challenges they face today might not be even greater than those in the earliest days of the industry. Click below to read Elizabeth Karlsen’s full speech. Read the full story
Mar 9, 2011 | No Comments | ByBen
Wendy Bevan
BEV wouldn’t be BEV without our legendary Festival Party! And this year we’ll be throwing in some twisted treats in celebration of BEV’s Bloody Women with a fab line-up including Wendy Bevan‘s Temper Temper, hotly tipped songsmiths Paper Aeroplanes and the deliciously outrageous Madam Laycock and her Dabeno Pleasures – all rounded off with Groove Armada colaborator Crazy Girl and the gorgeous mixture of DJ’ing and decadence that is the Bees Knees. Headliners Temper Temper take their influences from the mysterious underworld of 1930′s Berlin Cabaret and play a dark concoction of forgotten jazz standards and original material. BEV caught up with Wendy Bevan for a sneak peak of what Saturday night has in store…
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Mar 8, 2011 | No Comments | ByLouise Forbes
Veronica Falls' Beachy Head Dir. Philippa Bloomfield
BEV 2011 is jam-packed with a huge array of events covering everything from music to make-up including our ultimate cinematic mix tape Music Loves Video, returning on Thursday for a celebration of women directors working in the music video industry. Introduced by BRIT-Award winner Kate Nash, highlights include the latest from MTV Award-winner Floria Sigismondi; a gothic horror-esque video featuring Jack White; a bittersweet turn from Mackenzie Crook (The Office); and a Twin Peaks-style promo by the outrageously talented Miranda Bowen (director of TV’s darkly comic Cast Offs) – plus a new Patrick Wolf video fresh from the edit suite! And to round it all off, journalist and BEV favourite Miranda Sawyer hosts post-groove analysis.
BEV spoke to programmer Amber Parsons about women in music video making and her top picks from MLV 2011. Read the full story
Mar 4, 2011 | No Comments | ByLouise Forbes
Imogen Heap
This time next week Birds Eye View embarks on our most exciting venture yet: brand new scores to seminal silent films composed and performed by four pioneering contemporary musicians - Imogen Heap with the Holst Singers, Micachu, Tara Busch and Seaming – for a groundbreaking Sound & Silents extravaganza at Southbank Centre. BEV caught up with the musicians for a sneak preview of what’s in store…
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Mar 2, 2011 | No Comments | ByBen
Guilty Pleasures
If you’re anything like us, you’re thinking a car, or a house, or even a cinema ticket… Well guess again. Every 4 seconds someone buys a Mills & Boon novel. Yes, really. Read the full story
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